Iron and Wine plays Firefly Music Festival in Delaware, then heads to upstate New York and MASS MoCA ... The Black Keys launch tour in Germany ... Alarm Will Sound close out Met Museum residency ... Jeremy Denk, Timo Andres take music of Ojai Music Festival to Ojai North  in Berkeley ... Bombino is in Switzerland ... Carolina Chocolate Drops are in the Virginias ... Dr. John headlines Bayou Boogaloo ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell join Merle Haggard in Seattle ... Pat Metheny Unity Group tours Italy ... Robert Plant tours Europe ... Punch Brothers return to Telluride Bluegrass Festival ... Steve Reich joins performance of his Music for 18 Musicians in Buenos Aires ... and more ...

Jeremy Denk, Timo Andres perform at 68th Ojai Music Festival, of which Denk is Music Director ... David Byrne gives TimesTalk at Luminato Festival in Toronto ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play Chicago Blues Festival (as does Dr. John) and Bonnaroo ... Richard Goode is in UK ... Jonny Greenwood, LCO play music from his film scores in UK ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica play Bach in France ... Pat Metheny Unity Group tours Italy ... Robert Plant is in Sweden ... Rokia Traoré is at Fès Festival ... and more ...

Brad Mehldau plays three nights at the Blue Note in NYC with Christian McBride ... John Adams’s On the Transmigration of Souls is performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ... Louis Andriessen turns 75 ... Bombino is in Italy ... Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle close out duo tour in Chicago ... Richard Goode joins Deutsche Symphonie Orchester in Berlin ... Emmylou Harris plays pet rescue benefit in Nashville ... Kronos Quartet plays Philip Glass with Nederlands Dans Theater ... Pat Metheny Unity Group tours Europe ... Conor Oberst plays the Ryman ... Robert Plant is in the Netherlands ... Joshua Redman Quartet tours Australia ... Allen Toussaint is in Chicago ... and more ...

Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté close out the Barbican's Explorations celebration of Nonesuch at 50 ... Emmylou Harris, Youssou N’Dour perform on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, airing on HBO ... Bombino tours Italy ... Kronos Quartet, Dr. John are at Primavera Sound in Spain ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica tour Europe ... Brad Mehldau solos in France ... Pat Metheny Unity Group plays Poland ... Conor Oberst tours Midwest ... Joshua Redman is in California ... Rokia Traoré is in the Netherlands ... Sara Watkins is in LA for Watkins Family Hour, Nickel Creek is on NPR's World Cafe ... and more ...

Jeremy Denk, Emmylou Harris continue the Barbican's celebration of Nonesuch at 50 ... Spoleto Festival USA features John Adams's El Niño, works by Steve Reich, Louis Andriessen ... Bombino tours Europe ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play DelFest ... Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle are out West ... Donnacha Dennehy is composer-in-residence with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra ... Natalie Merchant is on NPR's World Cafe, BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris ... Pat Metheny Unity Group is in Germany ... Conor Oberst plays two nights in DC ... and more ...

The Barbican's Explorations Weekend celebrates Nonesuch at 50 with Jonny Greenwood, Kronos Quartet, Brad Mehldau, Timo Andres, Sam Amidon, Natalie Merchant, Rhiannon Giddens, Olivia Chaney ... The Black Keys, Conor Oberst perform at Hangout Music Festival in Alabama ... Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Timothy McAllister play John Adams's City Noir ... Shawn Colvin performs in Pacific Northwest, as does Nickel Creek ... Jacob Cooper plays from Silver Threads in NYC ... Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode play Beethoven in California ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica tour Central Europe ... Pat Metheny is in Germany ... Joshua Redman tours Japan ... and more ...

The Black Keys perform from their new album, Turn Blue, as musical guests on Saturday Night Live ... Natalie Merchant performs two sold-out shows in London and is on BBC Radio 2’s Weekend Wogan ... Richard Goode plays Beethoven in Minneapolis ... Iron and Wine plays Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta; Conor Oberst does too and tours the Carolinas ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica tour Germany ... Kronos Quartet premieres new works in Sweden and Ireland ... Brad Mehldau Trio concludes six-night residency at NYC's Village Vanguard ... Pat Metheny Unity Group tours Scandinavia ... Nickel Creek tours Midwest ... and more ...

Devendra Banhart and Rokia Traoré kick off the Barbican's month-long celebration of Nonesuch at 50 ... The Black Keys are on Later ... with Jools Holland, perform for Radio Eins in Berlin ... Bombino is in Austin ... David Byrne, Joshua Redman celebrate William Onyeabor at BAM ... Jeremy Denk joins São Paulo Symphony ... Dr. John is fêted in an all-star tribute concert including Allen Toussaint ... Kronos Quartet performs in Poland ... Pat Metheny Unity Group tours Scandinavia ... Nickel Creek takes tour to DC ... 

Natalie Merchant brings the music of her album Leave Your Sleep to Carnegie Hall for a Family Concert ... Alarm Will Sound performs Donnacha Dennehy’s Grá agus Bás in Carnegie's Zankel Hall ... Bombino tours Louisiana ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour South ... Jeremy Denk joins Steven Isserlis at 92nd Street Y ... Dr. John plays Perth with Aaron Neville ... Richard Goode joins Chicago Symphony Orchestra ... Brad Mehldau Trio heads to Canada ... Pat Metheny Unity Group kicks off European tour in the Baltics ... Nickel Creek rounds out Southern leg of US tour ... and more ... 

LA Philharmonic gives West Coast premiere of Louis Andriessen’s De Materie at Disney Hall, performs Philip Glass’s the CIVIL warS ... Devendra Banhart, Iron and Wine, Dr. John all tour Australia in and around Byron Bay Bluesfest ... Bombino plays Tulsa, returns to Coachella ... Jeremy Denk joins Nashville Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven ... Brad Mehldau Trio is in Chicago and Kansas City ... Nickel Creek gives two sold-out shows in Nashville ... and more ...

John Adams leads LA Phil in three concerts of contemporary works, including his own Naive and Sentimental Music ... Sam Amidon is in Belgium ... Bombino is a "must-see" (Rolling Stone) at Coachella ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour New England ... Shawn Colvin is in Northeast ... Jeremy Denk plays Peoples’ Symphony Concert in NYC ... Fatoumata Diawara tours the US ... Dr. John plays two Louisiana festivals ... Richard Goode joins Toronto Symphony Orchestra ... Emmylou Harris takes Wrecking Ball to DC, NYC, Boston ... Kronos Quartet plays San Fran's Switchboard Music Fest ... Brad Mehldau Trio tours South ... Natalie Merchant sings in New Hampshire ... Joshua Redman is in Austin ... Rokia Traoré tours France ... and more ...

Nickel Creek performs on CBS This Morning Saturday and A Prairie Home Companion live from NYC ... Bombino, Fatoumata Diawara play Savannah Music Festival ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour Northeast ... Shawn Colvin plays two nights outside Chicago ... Jeremy Denk makes Tucson Symphony debut ... Emmylou Harris takes Wrecking Ball to San Francisco ... Kronos Quartet premiere multimedia work at Berkeley ... Brad Mehldau Trio tour out West ... Joshua Redman is in Albuquerque ... Rokia Traoré tours France ... and more ...